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T HE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limi ed). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £120,000, in 8,000 shares of £l5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share and £2 on allotment. No cs.ll will be made until at least two months after the date of al'otment, with an interfal of three months between each call, which will not exceed LI at any one time. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRE CTORS. Chairman. Evart B. Jones, Esq., 15, Han.ver-street, H anover square, George P 's -park.. Ason, Esq., 3 1, Nottingham -place, York-gate, Anderson George Bermingham, Esq., Kentish Town. Rueben Whitmore, Esq., 63, Cornhill. F. wa W. King, Esq., Hil marton-vi l as, Camdm-road, Hollo y. Charles Morton, Esq., Grove House, Putney, Managing Director. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard street, and 441, Oxford-F,creet Anni'r . Ford, ou Robert Joseph Clarke, Eq. (Messrs. H. Jo s h . Cl arke and Public Aceounta'Ats, 9, Old Jexry-ehambet s). nuortErt. C. A. Mu% -ton, Esq., 27, Cornhill. sEP - Avr.tuy (PRO TEM.) Air. W. T. Harrison. 'TE M P ORARY OFFICES. 1?, Geoxge-yard, Lombard-street, City, Th P ROSPECTUS. the prop is ComP'Auy Is established for the purp ose of purchasing Oxford ert,y and continuing th e b usiness of the well known ducted ' alad Canterbury M us i c Halls, so successfully con ay the present proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, for several years pa 4. IT.° Directors, in bringing the present Company before the 'public, are not inviting subscriptions to an unknown or un :tried venture, but to an established and highly remunerative undertaking and one whi c h , with the additional means at the command of a Joint-stock Company, may be made still snore so. An agreement has been entered into for the purchase of the whole of Mr. 11Iorton's interest in these properties, torzether - with the goodwill of the business and the stock in trade, on terms highly advantageous to the Company, and in order to I show his confidence in its future success, he has subscribed for one-fourth of the entire capital, and will continue for some years the manager. It is the intention of the Company to increase the hotel accommodation, which has hitherto been found inadequate, and thus materially add to the present large returns. i here is also an excellent private wine trade attached to both .establishments, which is capable of considerable extrAsion. It is impossible to show, with certainty, by ally statistics, the s which may b e expected from the "present under takinreturng, but th e certified accounts for thq last three years show an annual profit o f upwards of 20 per cent. upon the whole amount of capital, wh chit is contemplated eventually to call up, The present average atten,:tance at the Oxford and Canter bury Music Halls is aboi.l't 60,000 a month, and the proposed extension of business Will doubtless render the profits of the undertaking still mq - re remunerative than ever. One. half of tit', capita has been already applied for, and pplications for the remainder ~h ould be made to the bankers of the Company, accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share ; if no allotment be made , he deposit will be returned. Pros, ectuscs and forms of applicati, n for shares may be obtained at the Oxford and the Canterbury, at the Brokers, ,and at the Temporary Offic s of the Company. The Share List will close on Tuesday, 26th July, 1861. Tri:E HUDIKSVALL and FORSSA S IMAM SAWING MILL COMPANY (Limited). Ilte.:orporited under the Companies Act, 1862, limiting the liability of shareholders to the amount of their shares. Car ital, t 160,000, in 3,200 shares, of £5O each, with power to increase to .£20,',000, of which about £75,00J, or 1,500 shares, in ful y paid-up shares will be taken by the Hediksvall Steam Saw -mill Company (Limited). Deoosit, £5 per share on app'ication, £lO en allotment The other calls to be made at intervals of not less than three months. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all money p,,id in anticipation of calls. DIRECTORS. .J. C. Tin Thurn, Esq., firm of Messrs. J. C. Im Tho rn and Co., 1, East Indi a - avenue. Chas. Andreae, Esq., firm rf Messrs. Nestle, Andreae, and Co., 19, St. Dunstan's-h 11. Chas. Victor Benecke, Esq., firm of Messrs. Sthunk, Souchay, and Co., No, 63, Moorgate-street. J. 11. Passow, Esq , 63, Moorgate-street J. C. W. Ritter, Esq., firm of Mess , :s W. Ritter and Co., 157, Ee nchurch-street. With power to a.ld to their number. E ANR7dRS IN LONDON. The Londron and Westm'nster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Chas. Druce and Sons, I°, Billiter-square. BROKRES. Messrs. Woolle y, Coates, and lla.nkey,26, Tokenhouse- yard. J SE CRETARY. . C. W. Ritter, Esq., Hon. Secretary, until a Secretary shall have been appointed. - - --- TEMPORARY OFFICER. Mitre-chambers, 157, Fenchurch-street. ABRIDGE D PRO SPECTUS. A private Company was established in 1857, under the Zarne of the Fludiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company (Lirni ed), for the purchase of forests in Sweden, and the - taking of grants or leases or other title to such forests, with the right of selling the same ; the completion of water corn- M unicatiens for floating timber from the forests to Forssa, and thence to Hudi &avail : erecting steam and wafer sawing Mills for converting* the timber into deals, and tho sale of such deals at Iludiksval, or the consignment of them tor sale to London or other places. in The present Company is formed for the purpose of extend- Sawin lhe perat , ons of th e a b ove -mentioned Fludiksvall Steam Mill Company, the sh are h o ld ers i n the Iludiksvall for the `3tcarn Sawing Mil, Company being willing to take payment s hares of holew c'P of the ital invested by then in paid-up e new Company. Applications for shares to be address d to the brokers, or to_ t he Secretary, acco mpanied by a rec e ipt o f th e London and ,Testmlnster Bank, for a d eposit of £5 to^ each share applied allothich will b e returned, free of charge, for all shares not ed. l'rospectuses had and forms of application for shares may be of the brokers or secretary. THE FLINTSHIP:2 AND CO,,,vr PANY (Limited). CANNEL Incorporatf,d, with limited liability, under "The Companies Act, 1862.' Capltal £500,0,_0, in 10,000 shares of £5O each. First issue, 6,000 shares. D eposit on application, £1 per share. Further payment on Rio allotment, £4 per sha re . Call will exceed £5, and three months at least will intervene between each call. Tarries Burrows DIRECTORS. , Esq., Enineer, Douglas Bank, Wigan. 'Willi am Carter, Esq., Director of the Millwall iron The Shrubbery, Shooter's-hill , Kent. Company, ' se nialuin Darbyshire, E sq . ( M essrs. Darbyshire, M‘Kinnell, nd Co.), Liverpool W. Fernie, Esq., Giessen Manganese Works, Hesse Darm stadt, and Managing Partner of the Mineral Oil Company, Saltney, near Chester, and Leeswood, Flintshire. George Haworth, Esq., Managing Director of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, Chester, William Hind, Esq. (Messrs. J. H. Hind and Co.), Liverpool, Chairman of the Commissionet, of Birkenhead. George Rae, Esq., Banker, Liverpool, Chairman of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company. Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, London, and Berkhampstead. Robert Rumney, Esq., F.C.S., Manufacturing Chemist, Man- Pete es r cht. Spence, Esq., F.C.S., Alum Manufacturer, Manchester and Goole. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool, and its several Branche& Lond on — The London snd Westminster Bank, Manchester —The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS, London—Messrs. Sob, Turners, and Har.iwiek. Liverpool—Messrs, Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Manchester —Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. BROKERS. London—J. C. Fielding*, Esq ,4, Copthall-court, E.C. Liverpool—Goge E. Schultz, Esq., Manchester -buildings, Tithebarn-street. reet. M ancqester—Messrs. Walker and Heap, 1, Ducie-street, Ex chitfige Glas gow — Messrs. Miller and Ferguson, 71, Queen -street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., 27 , G reat George street,r- Westminster, S.W., and 64 , CroJs-street, Man ,. Cheste •L. Price, Esq., 5, Gresham-street, London, E.C. Temporary Offices-4 and 5, B rown's - buildings, Liverpool. PROSPECTUS. . The "Curly" Cannel of a small district in Flintshire yields ntlarger per-cents of crude mineral oil, containing para. ~ than any cannel yet discovered. ...Plia oil, although only slightly inferior in quality to the 15.elebrate petroleum of Pennsylvania, can be produced with 'V at less th an one-third the cost of the latter delivered , Curl is "country, whilst th e ref i ned oil distilled from the Cannel commands nearly the same pace as the re "fled American article. BeEbrom this mineral oil are produced spirits of turpentine stitute burning oil, lubricating oil of three varieties, turpentine subs paraffin, quality, ease of market. All these articles, When of good find a ready The three processes, namely, ra i s i ng the cannel, distilling the oil, and refining it, ha ve hi t h erto been made three dis tinct and separate businesses, involving three different ma nagements, with their attendant expenses. This Company is formed to distil and refine oil from can nel procured from its own mine ; it will thus unite three b usinesses,, from each of w hi c h large profits are now made. - "Y this combination, and by having the command of ample pita' an perfect processes, the Company will be enabled to 'oriduct ad arge trade to the greatest advantage, and thus lealilnsure profits considerably in excess even of those now being sed, either from the manufacture or refining of oil in th is country, or from its importation from any known source. P l n furtherance of these objects the purch ase h as b een con ,uaed of the we ll- known works of the Mineral :Oil Corn- Y at Salt ne y (near Chester), and Leeswood, in Flintshire, and also of the Freehold Cannel and Coal Mines, Works, and other property of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, contiguous to the Leeswood Works of the Mineral Oil Coln- P ally, iiBThe Company will thus . at . once enter into a well-estab- N "ed, lucrative, and rapidly increasing business, with coin ;rip!:_e works in full operation and with organised agencies, and tVle. at the same time acquire a freehold mine of well known , on terms which will enable the Company to supply 4_ eniselves with cannel of superior quality, at about one of the present price. The purchase from the Mineral ntimallY also includes an existing contract which will 1141Yle this Company to a supply of 100 tons per day of " cannel from the well-known Leeswood Green , for 2 Col- P r esent years from 1860, at a price considerably below its Themarket value. purcharce paid for the whole of the properties so The afro will not exceed £160,000, payable by instalments. Tryddl,'n.raAartetors of the Mineral Oil Company and of the of The Pa the eftite,iVad Coke C ompany subscribe a large proportion s pent the manuf actu rights claimed by Messrs. Young and Co. for her next ; i n t l i 'e e of paraffin oil from coal will expire in Octo will be confined t° meantime the operations of the Company fringement of theo substances which will not involve any in ot_rights alluded to. In the event Purpose of payin:t.9.Y further i 'sue of shares (except for the first be offered /,',..-°r additional property), such shares will being. . rata to the shareholders for the time Messrs. Ferule, obii, Mineral Oil Compa tt y s ort, and Carter, as representing the Mr. George HawortV . a ir Mr. George Rae, Chairman, and Company, have, at there .iiaging Director of the Tryddyn coyest of the promoters, consented to T the Board of this The preliminary expen4anY• Per cent. of the capital. s are p.-,uaranteed not to exceed 1 tolici e Th articles of associ a ti on tors of the Compa ny , may be seen at the offices of the A pplications for shares must b h yment of the deposit of .CI P er ,4 accompanied with the , in case the amount '''' Paid exceed £5 per share on the re • nalisTiber ot shares allotted, the surplus will be returned ; but mo uld it fall short, the bai ° en o be stated in the i e n ame must ,be paid within the ti It_tter of allotment, otherwise the allotment will be cancelled I,lthe deposit forfeited. br_Prlns an application for shares may be obtai ned from the ciuxers and solicitors, and at the temi,orar y offices of the laPany offices will be in e tn. aces where no allotment is made the ,inriied in full. TILE FIANTSBIRE OIL aild rURT CANNEL Co COMPANY, T,imited. COMP APPLICATIONS for zeii7ParlY will be received after WEDNESDAY SITARESn in h this e ro nl " ,' vni 8-build ings, Liverpool, J u ly 15, 1864, next, t TN what " Rapp"' Land" can I see you after th e "Opera ?" I on l y know of One HAPPY LAND in which +GARDEN, a mGy de,lrentemfellow!an may Sup—EVANS' , COVENT- 110 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED -a_ ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE FIOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY— To BE RAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstall s th roughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No, 6?, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of 'this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara-ter, thereby avoid ing- the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences, Till:RE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur ctlaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale A Six -roomed Parsonage £74 S 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 16 6 A Twelve-roomed ditto together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindlypermitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury 'Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Atban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brits.- . COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London, S.E. T HE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY 'Limited'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 12th day of August. _ - S. 0. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, 6, John-street, Bedford row, W.C. THE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companie' Act. 1862, by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £250,000, in 12,50' shires of £2O each, First issue B,COO shares, of which one-half are already sub- scribed by the Directors and their iriends. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £2 on allotment and the remainder in calls not exceeding £2 per share, at interval] of not less than two months. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. James Goodson, 32, KensingtonDlßECTOßS Gardens-square, Chairman. E iward Hornor, The Howe, Halstead, Essex. James leennings, Fennings' Wharf, '1 ooley-street. John Everitt, 18, Tokenhonse-yard, London. Collinson Hall, sen., Navestock, Essex. John Watson Lay, 3, Savage-g irdens, Tower-hill. Howard Reed, Hendon, Middl esex. William Tabor, Bishopszate-street, London. Henry Grissell, Regent's Canal Iron Works, Managing Di rector, With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. Cornelius Walford, 14, Leadenhall-street. F. W. Spooner, Public Accountant, SOLICITORS. Messrs. Kingsford and Dorman, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. BANKERS. The East London Bank, Lombard-street. FINANCIAL AGENTS. The Financial Corporation (Limiteti), 14, Leadenhall-street, SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Fred. Bolland Moore, Regent's Canal Ironworks. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Leadenhall• street, E.C. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., A GUARDIAN ANGEL. By the Author of " A Trip to C itch a Sunbeam," Sic. " Clever as are most of the authoress's productions, we are inclined to think she never did greater justice to her talent than when she wrote A guardian Angel.' This agreeable story will be one of the most popular she has ever published." — Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, LI, Great Marlboroulh-strcet. Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., MA. T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen: A Waif," &c. "There is great ability in this book."—Spectator. " A very attractive, interesting., and naturally told tale. It well sustains the author's high reputation."—Sun. Hurst and Blacke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., BLACK MOSS: a Tale by a Tarn By the Author of " Miriam May." Richard Bentley, Nhv Burlington-street New Edition, 111 u ted with 14 fine Engravings, lfimo., cloth, ~ de and edges, 2s. 6d., BUTLER'S (SAMUEL) HUDIBRAS, a Poem with Notes and Life of the Author. London: William Tegg, Parcras-lane, Cheapside. ------ This day is published, in a handsome volume, gilt edges, price 215., E ARLY PENCILLINGS FROM PUNCH (chiefly Political), by JOHN LEECH. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. NEW WORK BY AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &e. nNL Y A CLOD. Xf This New Novel will commence in the August Number of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE, which will also contain the opening chapters of an Original Tale by PAUL FEVAL, Author of " The Duke's Motto," er.,c. *** Order the Sr. JAMES'S MAGAZINE for Au?ust, which will begin a New Series. Price One Shilling Monthly. London: Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. NI Early in July, PRIZE POEMS receiving the 100 Guineas offered in the advertisements, " HO ! FOR A SHAK SPEARE," and awarded by Messrs. Web•ter, J. Stirling Coyne, Andrew Halliday, George Rose, and Thomas S. Stuart. Illustrated with Lithograph Portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the Queen of Beauty. Can be had GRATIS at all the best drapers in the kingdom, or forwarded, on re ceipt ft stamped address to DAY and SONS, Lithographers to the Queen, Publishers, Lincoln's-inn -fields. London. rzINAHAV'S LL - WHISKY v. COGNAC:, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by t at he Agents in the princip al towns in England; or wholesale Forwarded free on receipt of 12 stamps, AFEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A sample bottle of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address R. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, London. 8, GREAT WI NDIVILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seai, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky,',, MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cnaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from e!even to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with M r . JHN PARRY, will in their new AN GLO EGYPTIAON ENTERTAINMENT, r THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial ssance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs., German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT•OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat , rday), at 8; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 2s;; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad vance at the Gallery without fee. ERCANTILE CREDIT )N, Limited. in 100,000 shares of LSO each. DIRECTORS. - —.IV, Esq. Chairman. E. J. Coleman, Esq. Xenophon Balli, Eso • - E sq., Belson, Esq, acph Pell ersm, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. G. G. Sir J H. y, Bart. James Dickson, Esq. W. , P. D. Hadow, Esq. Scholefield ott , Esq J. 0. Hanson, Esq. Sir S. ). Sc, hart'. w. EL Hartord, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. J. G. Hombre, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, MI. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston Alfred Wilson, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. BANKERS. The Bank of England. The Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. The Bank of Londo n. The Union Bank of London. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., BristoL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., and Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq,, and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This Association receives rzoney on deposit at notice, and for fixed periods, on terms tor. agreed upon ; makes advances on approved securities, and ....cots purchases and sales of ; negotiates loans, and u nd er - Communications io be address e d to thetlanagers. generalshare s , financial edieablent business.ures By order. W. C. WINTERB OTTOM, Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICES. t g a toc ke k s s - street Within. Crosby House, 96, BisoPgate 1 1HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUST, with augmented band and chorus, supported by the following talented principal artistes : —Miss es Russell. Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell, S almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green ; and UN BALLO IN MASC HERA. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclagan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road, London. THE IMPERIAL Al ASSOCIATI( Capital subscribed, £5,000,C00, Paid up, BOARD OF JOAN CIIAParAI SirjtSy, FlcEs._or having Business and BUSINESS or AGENCY OF E L S e T as A eh T o E ld , P H ro OE pe Persons requiring , AND GENERAL eh ld Houses to be dispose' of, should ap ply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valu er, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Fre oli o o Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for n town or country. f lane, London, E.C. p rn a a t n e y nt p e u e re w ose . s T . E T N o T b a e n h d a c d o o .! 2a3,llßsirbocgs i iu_ THIS EVENING, Will he produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything' yet attempted. entitled THE TERCEN PENA RY ; or,a NIAIIT WIT Ii SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. 1 0 . Vander yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. the Royal Sovereign—Lieut. George B. Evans, to the Clio—Lieut. Hon. G. P. Meade, to the Curacoa—Tom B. Read, Master, to the Indus, for the Doris—R, F. E, Mori son, paymaster, additional, to the Victory, for the Urgent —Ralph A. Ramsay and Thomas B. Moody, masters-assis tant, to the Clio—Robert S. Evatt, master-assistant, to the Enterprise—Henderson Leslie, engineer, to the Asia, for the Pheasant—John Hall (B), assistant-engineer, to the Clio—and William Crow, confirmed as first-class assistant•. engineer in the Fisgard. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve:•—To be Lieutenants—Richard Bainton and James Banks Swanson, FURNISHED HOUSES.-Mr, ANDW. HIND has to LET a Detached HOUSE at Epsom, containing 4 sitting and 5 bed rooms, with usual offices, large garden and paddock. Rent 5 guineas per week. Also the following:— perßed Hill (furnished), £220 per annuni with ydon, 2i guineas week ; Kentish Town, 21 guineas, use of piano, tt.:. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, st. Paul's — an M dle r r . s AN fro D m R f.S EW O to £l,OOO ; Green- HIND has for B u s S A IN LE E_S c S o E rn S ch . grocers', £5O to £3OO ; =Coachbuilders', £5O to £7OO ; Confec tioners', Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £45 to X 400; Grocers', from £5O to £2OOO • Cheeseniongers', £4O to £350; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ;' Bakers', £75 to £4OO ; Coffeehouses, to Laundriesgo ; Oyster-rooms, R 4s e o sta to urfn l i Oil, Cigar, Fish, Ham, and Toy Shop, £so' £5O to £200; to £3OO ; and numerous other in every trade. C onarnercial and General £1,200; Dairies, 4 airi ew es l , o .1t2 1 ., 6,0 £ 0 0 ) 0 ; Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 500, gratis. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original photrgraph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. At a meeting of the Board of directors of this company held yesterday it was decided to recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum for the past half year, carrying over a balance of about £l,OOO. - - _ *(7,;: :1424:7 7111.*:- . ;1.71t141 411 112:411111°111 ‘ - c p 61. , 4 1 110 111k4 k --" ";4 1 1 : 1( ' • -E itn 4 „, Li - Rim. • " Note.—The reports withheld, under the Minute of 1861, are seven in number. Ten reports in all have been sent back to the inspectors under the Minute, and have been returned to the office with alterations, and so printed. Such of the withheld and altered reports as could be obtained in their original shape are printed in the Appendices; the others have been destroyed. Some passages which havo been objected to as adverse to the policy of the department are given in the evidence. References are given in the Appendix (X) to other passages which may be considered adverse to the policy of the department, and have not been objected to," To:Vbi S PAPER 4i).-,.ots - * l4 ,I_,, • rnary, 1862, except that o f M r . L ongnev ill e JontsW,.., " report for the year 1862-3. Th a t report was brought"' "' specially under the notice of the Lord President, on account of its infringing the Minute of 1861 in a peculiar manner. The secretary seems to have marked eertain passages in pencil for the Lord Pres sident's attention; and the report thus marked, with remarks endorsed upon it by Lord Granville hime self, was sent back to Mr. L. Jones. "The evidence laid before your committee is to the effect that the Committee of Council considered Mr. Jones's report to have been written with a feel ing of hostility to the department under which he served, and that in consequence it was dealt with, not in accordance with the ordinary practice of the office, but as an exceptional case. Mr. Jones was partially examined, but, before his examination could be resumed, ha was attacked by so serious an illness that it was impossible for him to appear again to make any reply to the evidence adduced against him. Your Committee w( re thus precluded front proceeding with the investigation of this case. advert t o th e rem. luti"r Committee ni onpassed byyour u n HstonoZable H ouse on t h o o l2th h this s f H A o p u r s i e l last,the tia mrdflurrnlltrilg that, Iu the opi n i o n on of the reports of her Majesty's inspectors of schools, and the exclusion from them of statements and opinions adverse to the educational views entertained by the Committee of Council, while matter favourable to them is ad mitted, are violations of the understanding under which the appointment of the inspectors was origi nally sanctioned by Pariietment, and tend entirely to destroy the value of their reports.' "By whatever term any a lt erai :Jon of the reports described, it is clear that the alteratim".l B whe n made since January, 1861, were made by the ire spec tors themselves, on receiving back th e i r repor t s , with the intimation that they w ere no t i n con f o r-' tpity with the minute o f th a t d a t e . If any I nspec t or ' declined to make his report conformable to the minute the report was not printed. It is also clear that passages considered to be objectionable were, through inadvertence or mistake, marked in some reports after the date of the minute of 1861, and contrary to its intention, until the practice of mark. ing passages was finally stopped by the vice-pre sident's order of the 14th February, 1862. "Daring the debate on the motion proposing the above resolution the house was not informed of the fact that some passages had been marked between January, 1861, and February, 1862, and that all marking was stopped from the latter date ; this want of information was the cause of a double misunderstanding, under which, on the one side, the motion was pressed by its supporters upon the House and was carried, notwithstanding the statement then made by the Vice-President ; while on the other side the resolution so passed was cone sidered by the Vice-President to be reflection on his personal honour. " The principle involved in the subject of this in quiry and in the resolution is important. Your committee have carefully considered the action of the Department, and have come to the conclusion that the supervision exercised in objecting to the insertion of irrelevant matter, of mere dissertation, and of controversial argument, is consistent with the powers of the Committee of Council, and has, on the whole, been exercised fairly, and without excessive strictness. If passages occur in the reports, as printed, consisting of inference or arguments which may tend to support the educational view of the Department, other passages may be found which have a contrary tendency. No objection is made to statements of facts observed by the inspectors with in the circle of their official experience, whatever may be their bearing on the policy of the Committee of Council. "The knowledge, or even a reasonable suspicion, that the inspectors' reports are subject to alteration, either directly or indirectly, at the instance a the Department, has, without doubt, a tendency to lower their value, if they are to be regarded as indepene dent sources of testimony in matters of opinion or controversy touching the educational views or policy of the Committee of Ceancil. It appears, however, to your committee that, whatever may have been the understanding under which the appointment of inspectors was originally tenctione.f . , Pariii:ment cannot be presumed to be ignorant (since the year 1858 at latest), that the heads of the office have exert' cisgd a censorship over the inspectors' reports as to the insertion of argumentative or irrelevant matter; and your committee are of opinion that some such power is essential to the effectual working of the department so long as it retains its present consti tution and functions. "It has occurred to your Committee that it might be possible to obtain all the information which the inspectors can be desired to give to the department or to Parliament, by requiring them to furnish answers to specific questions, instead of making general reports, and thus to avoid risk of misandere standing, either between the Department and the inspectors, or between the Department and Perlis., ment, as to the kind of information which the in• spectors are required to give. It appears, however, that none of the reports for the last year have been objected to on the groand of non-conformity with the Minute of 1861, as explained by the paragraph of August, 1863. For the information of Parlia ment your Committee recommend that all instruct' times which may hereafter from time to time be issued to the inspectors, either as to their general or tabulated reports, should be laid before Parliament with the annual report of the Committee of Council. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying on, as a joint-stock enterprise, the well known engineering works of Mr. Henry Grissell, situate in the Eagle 'Wharf-road, Regent's Cana , London, wh oh are now in full operation. The Works were established by Mr. Grissell in the year 1844, and since that time have been most successfully carried on under his imme:late supervision. Each applicant will be required to pay into the bankers of the Company £1 per share on the number of shares arplied for, and upon allotment to make a further payment of £2 per share on the shares allotted to him. Further calls will be made at intervals of not less than two months, and no call will exceed £2 per share. Prospectuses and forms of applicat'on for shares may be bad of the SolicitorQ, and at the Offices of the Financial Cor poration (limited), Is, Leadenhall-street, City, E.C. GOOD APPETITE AND INCREASED BODILY ENJOYMENT may be iosured by a gentle course of PARR'S LIFE PILLS. May be had any Chemist. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patron that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, they have determined to offer the Summer portion of' their valuable s:ock at a very great diminution in price. With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a redu tion, and offer them for sa e this day (July Ist) throughout the month and during August. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pal! Mall. PHEASANT REARING for 1864. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, D. S. MEAT GIIEAVES, pr, pared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious food for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game, from hatching to m.turity, with over 200 testimonials from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, byMr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBER ',IN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including hag. The use of this food keeps the chickens in perfect health ; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous. Dog Greaves, 10s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, " All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds." THE PLANET JUPITER, when magnified 250 times with the NEW £5 TELESCOPE, appears seven times as large as the moon is to the naked eye ; and the other planetary bodies proportionately. It will also distinguish the face of a sheep and features of a man four miles, shot marks upon a target two miles, and time by a church clock 10 miles. This instrument is guaranteed in writing to per form the whole of the above, and to be equal in the most im portant respecti to telescopes costing £7O. It has a 3 inch superior achromatic object glass, two eyepieces, &c., with portable metal tripod stand with jointed claw feet. Persons are invited to apply for a diagram with other particulars, and eight sheets of testimonials from scientific and other gentle men, including Lord Bosse. Sent free by book post —S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Powerful small pocket telescopes, opera, race, field, and general out door glasses. BED -ROOM CANDLES. "p RICE'S CANDLES, w hi c h w il l not drop soldrease hen rried."—Thin, very hard candles, in boxes is, and 3s ca . each, are recommendel as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. "SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness in a great object., will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, ls. and 2s. Bd. each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL ET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. YCERINE. SIT ERWOODOLE grease and other stains. "Prices Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in caosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Pric3's Patent," from 6d. tles, 6d. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold #in the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Re throng) Wholesale by Price a il Patent Lond ;1:1 any Grocer. b Candle Company (Limited), don. PRIZE MEDAL.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FR ANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &a, &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) testifies to :he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tucker s ' A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have f ound them fully to the recommendation which you gav e th em, and can since rely, in myturn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s • 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. TAB • • • • .. •Od. per lb. qEuaGlEity.L.E C.tNDL..ES, th ixt . ur . e i r s ) . f s l'l 4 :a i 7. er lb. Third quality • • •• • • • • • • .. is. 3d . per l b . • • •• • • • • •. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. S B e e c s o lV nd quality FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South MoltT e - n stsrieneotieGnrr-square. Manufactory— Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar INVFNTION in T EETH.-Mr. ESKELT,'S the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the count ry can ad _ just these t ee th ta ma ny changes of the mouth without th e aid of a dentist. They are not so L iable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. F.ske.ll's Patent, Arc., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street Bond-street, IV, ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bu._ niinglianb FOREST OF SHADOWS ! "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and rep , asing through the Magic Fountain, I.s so complete an Illusion that it welblig,h ceases to be illusory."-- Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish. ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Power, Mr. T. Maclagan, G. W. Jester, dm ,tc A dmission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING. Latest dance music, from the immense repertoire of these world-known rooms, and performed by the unrivalled band, 40 in number. Ben Lomond Valse by L. Mosca. Doors Open a Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. The Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden The Vintage Xeres Ditto, Pale The Vintage Port, No. 1 ...................... .. 20s The Vintage Port, No. 1* 2 4 s. The Vintage Port, No. 5, fine ri c h old ~ The Vintage Claret l3 s• The Vintage Beaujolais, recommended ~ The Vintage Champagne, quarts , 1 „ pints ls s. 1, The Vintage Hock, sparkling, very choice 36s. The Vintage Burgundy, sparkling superb 4os. „ The Vintage East India Sherry 545. The Vintage A montillado, the choicestimported 565. Fine old Cognac, Liquors , Spiri &c. THE VINTAGE ALMANACK, with rice list and Medic al and clerical testim on i a l s, sen t post free. See SOO opinions of the press. __ __ _ 14, Bloomsbury-street. N. W. HODGES, Secretary. CLOTHES-WRINGERS and STARCHERS, kJ 12s. 6d., with solid India rubber rol'ers. Other sizes at 205., :305., and 40s. WASHING MACHINES, 50s. and 608. ; Mang 305., 405., 50s. Carriage p a ld . —Cit y D epot, 81, Bishopsgate-street Within, London. Works, Bromley, E. TEEP H. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. —Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by ccnsulting 3lr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &c. Sold in pots. is. lid., 2s. 9d,, lls. and 225. each. Also his PIL ULA ANTISCROPHULIE confirmed by sixty years' experience to be o ne o f the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, is. lid., 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., lls., and 225. each. Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. CAMERON'S G OUT SPECIFIC. An Effectual and Speedy Remedy for the Gout, Rheu mati,m, Sciatica, Lumb ago, and Neuralgia. This invaluable Medicine is so pre-eminently efficacious as to admit of no uparallel. Instances have been known, in which sufferers have nderofi to their apartments, hand and foot, writhing the most intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishment of their friends, have been wholly removed in less than 24 hours after taking the above medicine, and themselves rendered able to resume their avocations. Indeed, thespeed effect has been such, and brought about in so harmless and a manner, that the proprietor, with the utmost confidence,y challenges the medical world to r reduce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless ; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an agreeable impetus ; to the system gener illy it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or female may take it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complain,. Price ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Prepared only by the Proprietor, R Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, London. Wholesale London agents—Barclay and Son, 95, Farringdon-street ; Butler and Crispe, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard; Cleaver, 63, Oxford -street ; Dart, 30, Southampton-street, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, A sample bottle forwarded free from the manufactory on re ceipt of 40 stamps. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. tcott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indig es ti on, w i nd, costiveness, d daisnaesfsh'maii2lyzillapee"rieonfttiMeedetyceinse &c. For habitu a l , and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the wh o l e nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, Iiin„o• William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. Naval and Military Intelligence The Immortalite, 35, screw frigate, Captain George Han cock, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday under the superintendence of Captain H. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve at that port. George Hassell, boatswain's mate, received a gratuity of £lO and a silver medal for long service, and a pension of £22, Wil liam Smith, boatswain's mate, received a gratuity of £l5 and a silver medal, and a pension of £36. The Immortalite was commissioned at Portsmouth on the 16th of November, 1860, and sailed from Spithead on the 7th February, 1861, for the Mediterranean. After serving at the island of Majorca as escort to the Empress of Austria, the Immortalite left Palma for Gibraltar and England on the 6th of May, 1861, and arrived at Plymouth on the 29th. On the 10th of August, 1861, she sailed from Plymouth for Halifax, Nova Scotia, to join the British squadron under Admiral Milne on the North American and West India station. There she remained until ordered to England to pay out of commission on the 15th of June, 1861, when she sailed from Bermuda, arriving at Spithead on the 2d July. During the time , the Immortalite was attached to the North American and West India station she performed very im portant duties. Among those may be noticed her despatch to Annapolis by the British Admiral on the arrest by Com modore Wilkes of Messrs. Slidell and .Mason, to communi cate with Lord Lyons, and her subsequent cruise and con voy of British shipping off the island of Bermuda. On the ship receiving orders at Portsmouth to pay out of commis sion, a few days alter her arrival in England from the West Indies, it was stated that her crew called for and gave three cheers for the captain. We understand this is not literally correct, as such a public expression of feeling on the part of the crew of one of her Majesty's ships would be contrary to Admiralty regulations, and further, that whatever expres sion of feeling was exhibited by the crew on their receiving the news that the ship was to be paid out of commission in lieu of being refitted to join the Channel fleet, which had been her first orders, was manifested in the absence of Capt. Hancock. The Geyser, paddle, Commander ill ander Thrupp, sailed from ieicyesterday,hen, on the with men from the Imm or t a lite. 1 The encampment of the crew of her Majesty's ship Ra coon, Portsmoutho , Count Forth, is to be broken up today, Th e R acoon arr i ved in i sland of Inchcolm, Firth of the Forth on the 29th Ju ne to cruise on the coast of Norway coal before going out on a ar riving there two malignant cases of smallpox were reported, with Prince Alfred. O n and in two other cases the disease seemed to be threaten e d. The invalids were removed t o t h e R oyal Infirmary of Edin burgh, where one of them died after where the second still remain s • four days' illness, and ' not prove to be smallpox, and the tw o sus p ec t e d cases did proposal was immediatel y made to t hey have recovered. The and thoroughly cleanse the ship, encamp the crew on shore colm was selected as the campi., The small island of Inch procured from Edinburgh Castle g ground, and tents were anchorage in the sound between the The Racoon selected an coast, and about 30 men were left island and the Fifeshire on board to purify and f um igate the ship, Tie crew Were the medical officers, and those who specially inspected by marks of vaccination were subject did not show satisfactory health of the men on shore based to the o p era ti on . Th e ordinary sick list has daily been been exce ll en t, an d th e been reduced not only below the diminishing until it has blank return. The steps taken ha average, but almost to a what threatened Lobe a severe cuthrvee not only put a stop to but greatly improved t he g eneral bak of ep id em i c di sease, r ealth of the crew. On the re-embarcation of the me n, and after the necessary pre paration have been made for sawn the Firth of Forth and proceed to sailing in Norway, wher e the Racoon will leav e Prince Alfred, w ho has meantim e gene out in the Aurora, will rejoin his ship. In order to encourage the mechanics and other hands employed on the Achilles , 20, 6,121 tons, fitting for sea at Chatham, to use Query 1,250 horse power, possible exertion in hastening forward the internal fittnent of that frigate, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 13., superintendent 0 issued a minute to the officers and workrnf the dockyard, h as Wo rkmen directing that every possible exertion may b e use d, and stating that it will afford him great pleasure to bring under the special of the Lords of the Admiralty any of the notice officials or work men who may distinguish themselves b y extraordinary zeal or exertions on board the ironcla d frigate i for sea. A special order has also been received completing her Admiralty directing that addi tional gangs 7ived from the workmen and mechanics are to be placed on the Ach illes, e employed until 9 p.m. each evening luau who are to be further orders. No exertions are to be spared to com plet p l ate the Achilles, for sea by the end of the present month. Notwithstand ing the extraordinary efforts which are now being made at Chatham to get the Achilles out of hand, it is probable that some considerable time Will elapse a fter her compl et i on before her guns, which are now specially man ufactured for her at the R o y a l gun f a ctory, are ready to be According to existing orders rece ived a t °heti':ut on boa r d, however, are liable to important alterations am—.which, the Achilles will be armed exclusively with the new 100 -pounder pounder smooth bore wrought iroa gun , throwing sp he rical steel shot a minimum ch arge o f p o wder of 251 b. The mi , with notaur, iron frigate, now fitting in the Victoria Docks, wil l c of 22 of the sam e d escr iption of guns, u additf a rry a bat tery n i however, she will be furnished wit h fo u r ol'tbeo3 to which, 300 -pounder Armstrong guns. It is not yet decided .whether the Achilles will carry any of the 300-pou n ders, but Ws probable that a couple of those guns will be furnished to her be f ore she proceeds on active service, On Thursday a numerous party of convicts arrived Chatham, by express train, from M illhan k, for the at purpose of being employed on the works for th e extension of the Chatham Dockyard and the form atio n of new docks and basins, on which about 1,00 0 convicts are daily em ployed. Th e y were conveye d from the railway station at Stroud to St, Mary's Prison in a number of omnibuses and vans, in charge of several warders. The followi ng appointments heve been , made at th e Ad miralty :—Capt. J. P. Luce, to the Esk, vice Hamilton— Commander W. H. Fenwick, to the Harrier Commander Edward Field, from the ' vice TrincomaleeHaY— to the Da)dulus, vice Fenwick—Sub.Lieut. Chas.Scholefield and Sub.-Lieut. Edward S. Evans, to the J. Rev B. N. Curacoa—th . Jackson, Chaplain and Naval Instructor,e Challenger—Frank Buckley,Naval Instructor, to the • • additional to the Victory —Dr James Henry, surgeon, to the Aboukir' —and W. E. O'Brien, surgeon, to the Was mender W. J. Pollard to the Trincomalee, vice liC°lll Field—Lieut. Albert Dent, to the Caracoa—Lieut. HenryF , Y Crohan, to RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT EASTERN, The directors of this company have just issued their re port for the past half-year, from which it appears that the total receipts to the 30th of June amounted to £778,280, against £720,249, showing an increase of £58,031 over the corresponding period of last year. The total expenditure amounted to £392,970 against £352,772 for the correspond ing half of 1863, showing an increase of £40,147, chiefly arising from the large amount expended for the improve ment of the property, the charge for maintenance of way and works and locomotive renewals alone being nearly £29,000 in excess of the outlay on these heads for the corre sponding period of 1863. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th of June shows that the receipts from traffic and other sources amounted to £778,281, the working expenses, including rates and taxes and Government duty, to £392,970, leaving a balance of £385,311. From this is de ducted £330,186 for interest on loans, rents, and other prefe rence charges, leaving a balance of £55,125. Although the expenditure for the past half-year includes an extraordinary outlay on renewal of plant, &c„ exceeds the expenditure of the corresponding half-year of 1863 by £40,197, there is still a balance of £52,657 available for dividend for the half year ending the 30th of June last. The directors have thought it right to declare at once a dividend for the half year at the rate of lt per cent, per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, amounting to £52,097, leaving a balance of £560 to be carried forward to the next account. The reason for adopting this course has been that unless the dividend were now declared and paid it would not be com petent for the directors to declare any dividend until the completion of the various new lines authorised in the sessions of 1861 and 1862, but which lines, it is fully hoped, will be completed before the period for declaring a further dividend, The directors propose that the meeting on the 20th inst, shall be adjourned till the 11th of August, by which time they will be in a position to give a full report of their Par liamentary proceedings and of the general situation of the company's affairs. WEST FLANDERS. The report of the directors states that they have sum moned the shareholders in order to obtain their approval of a convention made provisionally with the Societe Anonyme de Construction de Tubize. At the last half yearly general meeting the directors informed the shareholders of the mo lives which led them to solicit the concession of two new lines, in order to develope the traffic and to counteract the effects of the competing line from Ostend to Ypres and Armentieres. The concessions were approved. The direc tors subsequently ordered the surveys, plans, and estimates to be proceeded with, and during their prepitration over tures were made to them by the Societe Anonyme de Con struction de Tubize to lease the whole of this company's lines, including the new lines, to construct the latter, to pay the interest upon the capital, and supply the necessary sums for the gradual reimbursement of this capital. The principal features of the conventions are :—That the West Flanders lines shall be leased to the Tubize Company from Ist Jan., 1865, for the whole duration of the concession, and for a rent of £36,000 per annum. During the first six years. how ever (which will be the least productive, owing to the fact that the new lines have to be constructed), the rent will only be £32,000 for the first three years, £33,000 for the fourth, and £34,000 for the fifth and sixth years. The Tubize Company become responsible towards the Govern ments of Belgium and France, in lieu of the West Flanders Company, for the execution of the obligations imposed upon the latter by the original contracts of the conces- BlUtirs. The advantages of the convention are clearly shown by the following figures;--In the year 1862 the sum available for dividend was £11,967, after discharg ing the ordinary cost of working and the payment of interest on the loan and the preference shares. This enabled the directors to pay a dividend of 8s 9d on the ordinary shares. The corresponding amount of £13,256 in 1863 would again have allowed the same dividend, had it not been for the circumstances explained at the last general meeting. The rent for the first three years of the lease, after deducting the expenses for management, estimated at about £3,000 per annum, and the above-mentioned charges, will leave a sum of about £14,750 applicable to dividend. This sum will bo augmented by £l,OOO for the 4th year of the lease, £2,000 for the fifth and sixth years, and £4,000 for the seventh and following years. The agreement was ratified on the 10th of June by the Conseil General of the Tubize Com pany, and is definitively binding on them ; but, before can take effect, it must receive the approbation of the Bel gian Government, which the directors have every reason to believe will be readily obtained. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Reoeipte. Railways. -,e- -- - -- 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. X 4 Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,619 2,264 Belfast and County Down 49 49 1,013 868 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,113 1,870 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 6,885 6,948 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington B5 81 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 407 371 Cork, Blackrock, &Passage B5 - Cork and Youghal . 321 32 572 493 rn Cowall 654 5 31 1,726 1.431 Deeside . 17 17 45J 859 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,450 1,436 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,915 1,948 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 915 181 3,818 2,793 Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 173 8,115 8.263 Furness, &o 5O 6 u 3,230 3,043 Glasgow & South-Western Gt.Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.UniOn- 663 663 35,19 8 32,545 Great Northern 353 351 33,800 23,189 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,740 1,902 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 711 421 480 Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731 ' 329 9,193 8,806 Great Western 10564 10681 87,574 63,294 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno B6 865 1,362 1,185 Inverness & Perth Junction 1195 - 1,949 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,589 1,783 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 395 43,650 38,430 Limerick and Ennis,.... 2ll 2 221 179 Limerick and Foynes 264 26 168 298 Llanelly 461 4 658 737 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 1 2,117 2,201 London & South-Western Load. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 2501 20,763 21,293 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 725 7,697 5.843 Do. Metropolitan Extension 1 1 4 101 2,250 1,300 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.J um& Altrincham 94 95 1,519 1,146 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,545 1.355 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 630 15,564 13,083 Midland Gt.Westn. of bind. - 282 2591 4,438 4,950 Monkland 7ll 711 1,760 1.411 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,620 2,368 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10791 59,366 54,148 North London 9 9 3,696 8,368 North Staffordshire 254 254 9,689 8.046 Oswestry and Newton 5O 42 1,183 1,093 Rhymney -.... 191 194 987 779 St. Helen's Canal & Railway.. 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon ...- ..... - 751 South-Eastern 306 Taff Vale .... ..... -....- 57 Ulster lO5l Vale of Clwyd. ......... Vale of Neath 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 2 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 52 51 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmilt lO 7 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 Whitehaven &Furness Jun 35 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 Austrian B2B 828 Bahia and San Francisco - Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 1855 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1614 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1084 Eastern Bengal Eastern of France. East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 Great Indian Peninsula 553 495 Great Luxembourg 134 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 Madras Madrid, Saragossa drAlicant 660 490 Northern of Canada Northern of France 697 697 Norwegian Trunk - - Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1713 12. , ,537 124,315 Paris and Orleans 1614 1494 64,550 5,53 ) Pernambuco 771 77 Bsl 703 Royal Danish 69 69 6,794 3,077 Sambre and Meuse 6B rot _.. _ ___ South Austrian Soinde - - Southern of France 770 680 26,933 23,106 Victorian 196 196 10,813 11,428 Welland - West Flanders 75 75 1,392 1,210 W. and N.W. of France. 9BO 813 42,644 42,302 5,798 6,106 5,680 5,616 138 39i 751 306 813 '434 3.888 3,916 25,813 24,766 5,093 5,778 2,745 2,538 164 225 . 419 2,831 24 58 458 3 3 1,990 1,250 779 - 73 4,972 0419 770 693 1,083 875 1,001 84J 30,421 80,310 V 7 - 321 800 3,177 2,296 2,013 2,296 4,348 3,583 5,539 5,133 63,170 55,817 24,593 19,625 20,052 16,559 12,325 9,570 4,512 4,653 '526 592 9,347 9,122 5,695 4,229 21,399 18,552 As Marshal Niel was two days ago taking a drive in bis phaeton at Toulouse, one of the horses fell, and the shock threw the marshal out of the carriage and broke one of his ribs. The accident, however, is not expected to be attended with any serious Consequences. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... July 19. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde , by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hop© Ascension , and St. Helena.. J u ly 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles ...July 28. Falkland Islands - Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2 P India via Marseilles July (Bombay), via Southampton jalY via Marseilles T R I7-21i ..• Portugal.... loy 19. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S ou th amp t on • Jul T_ y 21. via Marseilles July j 1 20. Newfoundland .... .... Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pack ek e e .. • . by U.S. 4 -- ..): .T- , by c o , a cifau ft.." wy 22. AB parts of West Indies, including Chili, P eru, 1 Jul y 2 ,. California. and British Col= murdered by second mate. 'fro-: fad ' : A t to Macao, put in MURDER ON TH E ojp here29.—The 26th j.Gustaveane, capta i nAd Mur derer to be sent home. FALSE WEIGHTS AND IVIEASUREs. — A return was published yesterday of the number of persons who had been z _,,t e d in the parish o f S t. Pancras, Middlesex, daring co w the y e ar ending the 25 t h of March last, of using false we ights and measures. The trades were-7 cheese mongers, 2 pork-butchers, 4 butchers, 7 coal dealers, 1 tobacconist, 6 greengrocers, 3 bakers, 3 oilmen, 6 merino store dealers, 8 grocers, 1 stove dealer, 1 licensed victualler, and 2 persons keeping chandler's shops. The highest fine was 20s, the majority 2s 6d. In some cases only 2s Gd was inflicted for a second offence, and 108 for a third offence. In one case a baker was fined for placing a penny piece on the scale, and a grocer for having a paper weight under the scale, and a marine-store dealer for having a large lump of lead in the scale which was removable. The returns do not give the names of the guilty parties. Nhw ZEALAND VIA PANAMA,—Since the repudia- tion of the Panama contract by the Ministry, the subject has been freely ventilated in all the provinces. Canterbury has taken the lead in a movement to guarantee to the In ternational Royal Mail Company the subsidy if they will carry on the contract, and it is understood that this pro vince, as well as Nelson, will join in the guarantee. The desirableness of communication via Panama is not ques tioned, and by some means or other we hope to see it accomplished. Repudiation of any contract entered into by our representative--even though he may have exceeded his powers—will only cause our credit to fall in the estimation of English capitalists, and with the exception of Auckland and Otago, and a small section of the community here, the colony was in favour of the undertaking. PRICE ..4e. STAMPED.....Sd. The Report of the Education Inspectors, The following is the Report from the Select Com mittee on Education (Inspectors' Reports) : " The original instructions which the Committee of Council issued to the inspectors in August, 1840, so far as regards the reports, were in the following terms : " ' The reports of the inspectors are intended to convey such further information respecting the state of elementary education in Great Britain as to enable Parliament to determine in what mode the sum voted for the education of the :poorer classes can be most usefully applied. With this view reports on the state of parties cular districts may be required to ascertain the state of education in such districts, and how far the interference of Government or of Parliament can be beneficially exerted by providing additional means of education. Your reports will be made to the Committee, but it is intended that that they shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament.' "Various additions to the above instructions have been issued from time to time, which appear in the Appendix. " The reports are of two kinds—annual or general reports and separate reports on the schools inspected. Both these kinds of reports were at first printed and laid before Parliament at full length. But, as the number of inspected schools increased, and the sys tem of annual grants was developed, the latter kind of reports, commonly called tabulated reports, be came so bulky that on the ground of expense and their limited use, the Treasury objected to their being printed. The printing was discontinued in 1858, re sumed in 1859 for sale only, and finally stopped in 1861. In 1858 the practice was introduced of send ing to the managers of each school a manuscript copy of the report relating to the school at full length, with such observations as the department thought right to add. This practice with reference to the tabulated reports was afterwards altered ; the inspectors were required to make a summary of their reports, and the summary only was sent to the managers. It occasionally happened that the summary did not, in the judgment of the depart ment, accord with the report itself, considered with reference to the regulations under which the grants of money were made. In these cases, the summary was either altered by the inspector at the sugges tion of the department, or the requisite alteration was submitted to the inspector, and on his assent substituted for the original. These alterations ap- pear to have been generally accepted by the inspec tors, but in the case of Mr. J. R. Morel!, who ob jected to the proposed alteration, one report was ultimately sent to the managers as originally pre pared by the inspector, and another was altogether suppressed. The practice, however, does not seem to have been perfectly uniform. In matters sup posed to be unimportant or perfectly clear from doubt alterations have been made in the summary without consulting the inspectors. (See Mr. Lin gen's evidence.) " Your Committee mention here a case which occurred in 1863 of a report made under section 19 of the Act 24th and 25th Victoria, cap. 107, com monly called the Scotch Schoolmasters' Act,' In this special case the report appears to have been abridged by a mistake of the officer before whom the case came in the usual course, which mistake was afterwards corrected by the secretary, who or. dered the report to be sent to the heritors in its original shape. • "Your Committee pass from the tabulated reports to the more important subject of the annual reports. " The length of these reports also was a frequent subject of complaint, and instructions for the pur pose of keeping them within due limits were issued from time to time by the Committee of Council. These instructions were discussed in Parliament in 1858. " In 1860, in consequence of a report having been printed containing remarks on the comparative morality of Itlenan Catholic and Protestant countries the attention of Mr. Lowe, who had been appointed Vice-President in the previous year, was called to the subject. The instructions by which the inspec tors' reports were regulated were then thoroughly reviewed. The result was the following Minute of the Committee of Council, dated the 31st January, 1861 : " Their lordships having considered the instruc tions issued from time to time to her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools for the preparation of their annual reports, find the sum of those instructions to be that the inspectors must confine themselves to the state of the schools under their inspection, and to practical suggestions for their improvement. If any report, in the judgment of their lordships, does not conform to this standard, it is to be returned to the inspector for revision ; and if, on its being again received from him it appears to be open to the ob jection, it is to be put aside as a document not proper to be printed at the public expense.' " This minute was never formally laid before Parliament, being considered to be only explana. tory of the purport of the instructions previously issued. It was, however, incidentally mentioned and discussed in the House on more than one occasion. "The revision, which before 1858 was principally for the purpose of condensation, was from that time carried into effect in the following manner :—The secretary, considering that the Committee of Council were responsible for the exclusion of irrelevent and objectionable matter from the reports, directed the officer whose duty it was to read for the press to examine the reports with increased care. " This officer used to call the secretary's attention to passages which he considered objectionable, either by marking them or mentioning them orally, If the secretary thought the objection invalid or unim portant he overruled it, but if he thought it import tent he sent the report to the Vice-President, with the reader's marks, and with observations of his own if he thought any necessary. " Mr Adderley, while he was Vice-President, used to read the manuscript reports himself, and to strike out with his own hand those passages which he thought inadmissible. The inspectors, on re ceiving back their manuscripts with the proof, had an opportunity of seeing what had been objected to and of correcting the proof accordingly. " Mr Lowe, on his appointment in 1859, discon tinued the practice of striking out passages, and afterwards, under the Minute of 1861, ordered the reports containing objectionable matter to be sent back to the inspectors, that the inspectors might themselves revise their own reports, and make them conformable to the instructions. " But the practice of marking the passages con tinued without Mr Lowe's knowledge, whose con stant habit was to have the reports read to him by his private secretary, and not to see them himself. in 1862, however, Mr Lowe accidently became aware of the continuance of that practice, and im mediately, by a note of his private secretary, dated February 14, 1862, ordered that the reports should be no longer marked. " Since that time the practice of marking pee sages has been discontinued, and the manuseripttorres: ports objected to hav e b een sen t t o the i nspec tors, the with a letter callin g th e wr it er ' s attention to Minute of 1861, but without spevitYing an y tlpas sage or matter to which objection w as t o a? . e n u s . t August, 1863, the usual circular le tter 11 rue. their annual reports tion to the inspectors to ma ke contained an additional paragraph, in the follow. ing words :—. l By the term state of sch oo l s under your inspection " yOU wil l understand f acts ob served within gogiresetiiaolnesx experience, and improvement," you w i ll und erstand and by the term the your ssuggestions " suggestions cons i s tent with theprinciples of Minutes sanc ti one d by Parliament." — This explanation of the Minute of 1861 has not been laid before Parliament. Your committee believe that no instance of mark ing the reports has occurred since the 14th of Feb, 1